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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa law enforcement officers would be required to complete standardized training before being outfitted with stun guns under a bill approved by a legislative panel Monday.

A three-member subcommittee unanimously approved the bill, and the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to take up the proposal Tuesday.

The state doesn’t now have standardized training for stun guns. The bill would order the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy to establish rules for using the devices and to design a safety course that addresses when it’s appropriate to use stun guns. It would also require annual review of stun gun use by law enforcement agencies.

Officers would need to complete training before using the weapons.

Sen. Thomas Courtney, D-Burlington, who chairs the subcommittee, said such training would ensure all law enforcement officers are on the same page.

Hundreds of Iowa law enforcement agencies use stun guns and several cases have led to accusations that officers misused the devices.

Lawmakers began looking into the issue after a series of stories by The Des Moines Register, including an examination of a stun gun use against a woman with a mental disorder in the Muscatine County jail. The sheriff has maintained officers did nothing wrong.